Patents by Inventor Joseph F. Irace

Joseph F. Irace has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5500235
    Abstract: The method of forming a microwaveable package, generally from a plurality of liners of material, and incorporating a heat-assist layer preferably intermediately of the liners of material, which said heat assist material comprising powdered carbon, that is originally applied to the inner surface of one of the intended liners, and in register at that location where the layer is desired within the formed microwave package. The material may be imprinted by a gravure or other roller application onto the inner surface of one of said liners of material, or adhesive applied or added onto that adhesive that laminates the liners together, in order to assure that proper and convenient registration of the layer within the laminate material, and provide for its location within the formed package preferably at a lower position where the food or other product is arranged, during microwaving, to attain that necessary heat assist desired from its addition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Packaging Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham H. Mendenhall, Joseph F. Irace
  • Patent number: 5344661
    Abstract: A microwaveable food container is provided with an accessory which contains a heat assist to facilitate heating of the food. The accessory is secured to the container along two opposite edges of the accessory and is provided with perforations which allow the metallized heat assist to be easily removed. The remaining portion of the container may therefore be recycled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Elite Ink and Coatings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Abraham H. Mendenhall, Joseph F. Irace, Joseph Skudrzyk
  • Patent number: 5223288
    Abstract: A microwavable food product package comprises two separate parts: a bag in which the food is packaged, and an accessory which is placed over a face or wall of the bag. The accessory has a fully metalized surface with a pattern of metal free areas formed in the metallization. The pattern is formed to resemble the break-up or fretting of a continuous unbroken layer of metal when it is heated by microwave energy. The pattern may be formed as a plurality of rows of S's which criss-cross he accessory, or it may be a tight grid pattern of thin lines of unmetalized areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Packaging Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham H. Mendenhall, Joseph F. Irace, Joseph Skudrzyk
  • Patent number: 5211975
    Abstract: A microwavable food product package comprises two separate parts: a container in which the food is packaged, and a sleeve which fits around the container. The sleeve includes selected areas upon which microwave interactive material (a metal layer) is printed. The sleeve is fitted over the food package such that the interactive material is in line with the food contained in the package. The metal layer, in line with the food, assists in the heating of the food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Packaging Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham H. Mendenhall, Joseph F. Irace, Joseph Skudrzyk
  • Patent number: 4874620
    Abstract: A microwavable package incorporating controlled venting, including a bag formed of a series of walls, the front, back, side gusseted, and bottom walls, with the walls being of the type formed of a series of laminates constructed of at least a pair of laminar materials, forming at least an inner and outer layer for the structured bag, a vent chamber provided between select of said laminates to afford a controlled venting of the cooking generated pressure and steam from the interior of the bag to its exterior during a cooking process, at least one vent passage provided through the inner laminar material within the region of the disposed vent chamber, said vent chamber extending to the exterior of the bag, whereby during the heating of an item within the bag its generated pressure and steam enters into the vent chamber by way of the vent passage and is released exteriorly of the bag during cooking, while maintaining the integrity of the package and its upper seal during the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Assignee: Packaging Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham H. Mendenhall, Joseph F. Irace, Joseph Skudrzyk